Cllr Ian Hardiman is waiting further information from the Cabinet Member responsible, regarding the availability of trees for planting in this County Council owned field. This is a Government initiative for which Ian has been asked to involve local schools to provide an opportunity to monitor growth in the future.

Conservatives delivering on their manifesto pledge - Nature for Climate

Forestry Commission Report for the full 2019-20 financial year: 1,956 hectares of land were newly planted with trees in England with support from central government, equating to about 3,281,000 trees. This means that in for the three years April 2017 to March 2020 for which this indicator has been reported, 4,273 hectares of land were newly planted in England with support from central government, equating to about 6,920,000 trees.